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sn4il
sn4il

Reputation: 27

How to remove Eclipse with plugins (on Arch Linux)?

I've installed Eclipse Java EE (eclipse-jee package from AUR) on Arch Linux. Also I've installed some Eclipse plugins via Eclipse Marketplace. After re-installing Eclipse I fond that all the plugins I've installed before are still displayed in Eclipse Installation Details. Why?

To remove eclipse I used the pacman -Rns command, which removes all unneeded dependencies and configuration files. I also removed ~/.eclipse and ~/.conf/eclipse folders but plugins still appear in Installation Details. And the trick is they are not really installed, but just displayed in Installation Details.

Okay, it's not a big deal to remove them manually but I'm just wondering where do Eclipse store plugins/information about plugins? Because theoretically it can only write to user's home folder.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2916

Answers (1)

Arye Shemesh
Arye Shemesh

Reputation: 679

Try the following files:

  1. [eclipse_location]/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info
  2. [eclipse_location]/configuration/org.eclipse.update/platform.xml

Upvotes: 2

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